Topic: James Alefantis

Ignore the Pizza Police

In all his 35 years at Frank Pepe's, Gary Bimonte swears he has never heard anyone describe his grandfather's coal-fired pies as ? New Haven pizza, and Frank Pepe's pies specifically, have been inspiring copycats?and superlatives?ever since. When ...
James Alefantis e-mailed today to say that, after a long dry run at Comet Ping Pong, he finally got his liquor license back today. As Alefantis described the pies to me, he kept using variations on the phrase, "I created," which made ...

Comet Hopes to Have Its Liquor License Back this Week

James Alefantis isn't blaming his lawyer, his accountant, or anyone else. Alefantis hopes to be pouring beer and wine again later this week. Comet has already been dry since March 31, when the city issued a cease-and-desist order because Alefantis and ...